Great Game
Greco
The Dangers of Sharp Openings
Here is a game from the 2009 Foxwoods Open, FM Mandizha - IM Robson with full annotations and commentary: In this game we see the Black player choose the very sharp anti-Moscow gambit against his much lower rated oppone...
Chess and Aptitudes
CHESS AND APTITUDES - SUMMARY by ALBERT FRANK I very briefly introduce you herewith to an experiment performed… in 1973. Very often we hear such wordings as « You need to be intelligent to play chess », « Chess fosters intelligen...
The Tangled Web We Weave
The Tangled Web We Weave I asked (wrote a note to) the deaf, elderly man I play chess with to stop saying "STUPID" all the time. He berates himself. He gives no credit to the rhyme and reason of my game. He seeks the perfect crime. ...
An interesting alternative to the Two knights Defence
I was playing around with possible responses for black to the two knights defence and stumbled upon this interesting response. Check it out. Is this a playable alternative??? Please leave your insights!
Concentration
Well first off, the reason you play better when you are in a more serious mood is because you are concentrating more.Self control can help a lot in concentration.People don't really understand what concentration is --- and think that because the...
openings for beginners
Hi My name is Marc, and I've been playing chess for almost 40 years, and still on the learning curve. You win some great games and you lose a whole bunch.... I've tried learning all the opening(a few moves) but my opponent knew the opening A To...
A mysterious game
Below is a 'classic' game of Karpov that I never truly understood. It is an amazing game, or rather, it had a very amazing move, though not in any positive sense of the word. I'll let you see for yourself. ...
Succesful two knights defense in live chess
I have played a 30 minutes live chess game against a player who was more than 100 rating points ahead of me and I managed to beat him using the two knights defense.I have learned this defense watching this video where two FIDE masters explain it: ...
Rook+corner pawn at the 7th vs Rook
Some tactics about how the a (or h pawn) at the 7th (or 2nd) can proceed to queen.Some of them take place very often at the chessboard and it's very useful to know them.. ...
Your Questions Answered By Andrew Martin
International Master Andrew Martin from England presents a regular series of articles to answer any questions that Chess.com readers have about the game of chess. If you want to ask Andrew a question, then send an email to askandrew@chess.com an...
Greek Gift and ways of attacking a castled king
Kingside castling is performed to activate the H-rook and to shelter the king behind a wall of pawns, away from the dangers of the centre of the board. The king is still vulnerable to attack. One of the most elegant and well-known ways of ...
Are you smarter than a Grandmaster ? Part Two.
Originally a second part to last week's article wasn’t even planned and yet, as you can see, it is here. What made me change my mind? It is that ‘Rush Hour 3’ movie. Well, actually not even the whole movie, but this particular part of the movi...
Tony Miles - the First Native Born British Grandmaster
Tony Miles (April 23, 1955-November 12, 2001) became the first over-the-board grandmaster born in the United Kingdom in 1976. His best results were in the 1970s and 1980s. He was able to win games against several former world champions. His most f...
Simple mate in two
What is your real rating?
I felt bad for all those people (non rated) in chess tournaments so this article is about them! This article shows what is your real rating suppose to be? 0-500 rating If you lost many games. Never got a troph...
Sea Cadet Mate
A great trap in the Scotch Game. Enjoy.
Giving Up the Dragon Bishop for the Noble Steed
There are structures where black has a strong Bg7 on the open diagonal a1-h8. These positions can happen from Kings Indian, Dragon Sicilian, Benko etc. Usually white has his dark squared bishop on the c1-h6 diagonal, thus not opposing the bishop o...
Judit, Alexei, and the Monkey's Bum
I ran across this well-known game while looking into the Modern Defense. Judit Polgar, then 19, defeated Alexei Shirov, then 23, at the 1995 Donner Memorial in Amsterdam. Shirov tried the Modern Defense, and Polgar responded with the Monkey's Bum ...
Tips To Guide Your Moves
This article will help to understand the game and build a solid position. You may not find the best move. But when you have developed your pieces by following the basic instructions you will surely play a strong and admirable game. You may even ...
World Champions and the Panov-Botvinnik Attack (I)
As we had mentioned last week, today we will be taking a look into the Panov-Botvinnik attack against the Caro-Kann defense. We will discuss some of the important positions and the different main variations of the opening like the previous week. W...
Don't Get Your Queen Out Early
This is a game played by Yasser Seirawan when he was young. This game can be found in the book: Winning Chess Opening by International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan
Queenside shenanigans with 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5!?
in this article I present a number of strategies for black involving early queenside play with the Queen against the white opening with 1.d4 and 2.Nf3. Some of these are almost completely unexplored and provide scope for original work. That's pre...
